Hackers take data of 36,000 people at fort

4:41 AM,
Dec. 29, 2012

Computer hackers earlier this month accessed the personal information of about 36,000 people who worked for, with or visited Army commands formerly located at Fort Monmouth, an Army spokeswoman has confirmed.

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Bill Bowman
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Computer hackers earlier this month accessed the personal information of about 36,000 people who worked for, with or visited Army commands formerly located at Fort Monmouth, an Army spokeswoman has confirmed.

Communications-Electronics Command spokeswoman Andricka Thomas said the breach "may have affected CECOM, C4ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) and nongovernmental personnel as well as persons who may have visited Fort Monmouth."

The information included "a mix of full names, dates and places of birth, ...